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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 23, 20115 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 1:20 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2011, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

487 
WUUS53 KIND 231720
SVRIND
INC005-031-081-139-145-231800-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0009.110323T1720Z-110323T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
120 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDINBURGH AROUND 125 PM EDT...
  FLAT ROCK AROUND 135 PM EDT...
  GENEVA AROUND 145 PM EDT...
  ST. PAUL...MILFORD...WALDRON AND BURNEY AROUND 155 PM EDT...
  ADAMS AND MOSCOW AROUND 200 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 83.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121 AND 132.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3930 8610 3933 8610 3934 8613 3937 8614
      3950 8555 3931 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 260DEG 31KT 3935 8602
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/JK

3 follow-up statements

253 
WWUS53 KIND 231735
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
135 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

INC081-231745-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/
JOHNSON-
135 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3933 8551 3931 8596 3935 8597 3940 8597
      3949 8555
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 257DEG 34KT 3937 8586

$$

INC005-031-139-145-231800-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-RUSH-SHELBY-
135 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BARTHOLOMEW...NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...SOUTHERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN
RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLAT ROCK AROUND 140 PM EDT...
  GENEVA AROUND 145 PM EDT...
  ST. PAUL...WALDRON AND MILFORD AROUND 155 PM EDT...
  ADAMS AROUND 200 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3933 8551 3931 8596 3935 8597 3940 8597
      3949 8555
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 257DEG 34KT 3937 8586
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/JK

056 
WWUS53 KIND 231751 RRA
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
151 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

INC005-231801-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-
151 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3933 8562 3945 8571 3949 8555 3933 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 257DEG 34KT 3940 8567

$$

INC031-139-145-231800-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/
DECATUR-RUSH-SHELBY-
151 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
DECATUR...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL
200 PM EDT...

AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOSCOW AROUND 200 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3933 8562 3945 8571 3949 8555 3933 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 257DEG 34KT 3940 8567
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/JK

908 
WWUS53 KIND 231755
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
155 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

INC031-139-145-231804-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/
DECATUR-RUSH-SHELBY-
155 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DECATUR...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200
PM EDT/100 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF MOST OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN RUSH AND 
NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM.

LAT...LON 3933 8562 3945 8571 3949 8555 3933 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 257DEG 34KT 3940 8563

$$

MRD/JK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	32 min
Mar 23, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	40 min
Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	33 min
Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	48 min
Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	42 min
Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	42 min
Mar 23, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur	42 min
Mar 23, 2:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson	35 min
Mar 23, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	22 min
Mar 23, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	35 min
Mar 23, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	23 min
Mar 23, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	11 min
Mar 23, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tipton	40 min
Mar 23, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton	48 min
Mar 23, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware	40 min
Mar 23, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	51 min
Mar 23, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	48 min
Mar 23, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Vermillion	45 min
Mar 23, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	25 min
Mar 23, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	34 min
Mar 23, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	32 min
Mar 23, 7:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery	33 min
Mar 23, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	39 min
Mar 23, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery	21 min
Mar 23, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton	40 min
Mar 23, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	30 min
Mar 23, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	49 min
Mar 23, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	23 min
Mar 23, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	49 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.